Re: DANGEROUS WEBSITE: www.driverguide.com

[VanguardLH]

Dave Cohen wrote:

> Well yes, don't we all. Unfortunately, manufacturers don't always see
> fit to support devices from one machine update to the next. My PaperPort
> Scanner for win98 cannot be used with winxp. So I got a flatbed OneTouch
> 7300usb but there is no support for that in Windows 7. Pity, their
> products are good but I'll not get another product from Visioneer.

I take it you got a version of Windows 7 that doesn't include or support
the use of XP Mode (where you could use the old hardware).

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...indows-xp-mode

"Windows 7" says nothing about which *edition* of it that you have.
Maybe you got stuck with the Home edition.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...mpare?T1=tab01

In that case, you could still use VirtualPC, VMware Server, or
VirtualBox to run Windows XP as a guest OS inside of a virtual machine
(provided you still have an unfettered license to Windows XP).

[Li'l Abner]

Whoever <whoever@wherever.invalid> wrote in
news:3nOep.4465$yR1.651@newsfe03.iad:

> On 3/12/2011 11:53 AM, Li'l Abner wrote:
>>
>> This morning when I got up the download had completed. When I went to
>> close the torrent, it wanted to know if I wanted to install it as my
>> torrent client. I said NO, but it was still running in my system
>> tray. I closed it. Then I turned the IP blocking back on in MBAM and
>> right away it starts blocking IP's again. Then I look in Rask Manager
>> I see a file called "T2E.exe" running. I killed that and hunted it
>> down. It was in my Local Settings/temp folder. I deleleted it. I went
>> into msconfig and sure enough it had added itself to my startup
>> group. Got rid of that!
>>
>> And now MBAM is *still* popping up blocked IP's. so apparently it has
>> installed something rlse that's phoning home... or somewhere. And
>> whatever the 3.2Gb file that it was supposed to be downloading (the
>> one with the drivers) is nowhere to be found. I'm not sure what the
>> name of it was supposed to be so that makes it kind of hard to search
>> for. But I do remember choosing a place for it to download to, and it
>> isn't there.
>
>
>
> While MBAM did want to block a number of IP addresses here as well,
> the rest of my experience was different. The torrent downloaded into a
> DRPSu10.6 Final folder in My Documents. When it finished, I shut it
> down, told it not to be the default torrent client, exited using the
> tray icon, deleted the T2E exceptions in the Windows Firewall and
> deleted the initial program. I scanned the downloaded files in My Docs
> with MBAM and NOD32, burned them to DVD and then deleted them as well.
> Everything went fairly smoothly. Nothing still hanging on here, no
> blocked IP's from MBAM, nothing extra running in Task Manager and
> nothing added to the Startup menu.

OK, I did find the files. It made the folder DRPSu10.6 Final you
mentioned. Actually it installed that folder in the folder I originally
picked, so that was my bad. And the IP blocking has slowed down
considerably so I think I'll stop panicking now... :-)

Thanks for the reply.

--
--- Everybody has a right to my opinion. ---

[Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries]

jw@myplace.com wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:23:20 -0500, "Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries"
> <rhondaleakirk@earthling.net> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Unless this is something that has just started real recently.
>>
>> The bottom of the home page has the following link "Toolbar Removal
>> Info":
>
> Why should I (or anyone) have to remove a goddamn toolbar which was
> installed AFTER we selected "NO" (DO NOT INSTALL IT). ???

You seem upset.

FYI, I installed the scanner and the DriverGuide Toolkit, and I didn't get
the toolbar. At the risk of upsetting you even more, I would suggest that
you ****ed up the installation. At least I was kind enough to point you to
the removal instructions. Instead of swearing at me, you should say "thank
you."

P.S. You're welcome.

> This is just like I got a letter in he mail with a survey I was told
> that I must respond to, and it included a one dollar bill. I spent
> the dollar and tossed the rest of the trash. Then I get another
> letter telling me I must respond or return the dollar. Yea, like I'm
> going to spend a half dollar to buy a stamp to return their dollar
> which I never asked for. I did however report them to the post
> office.

By law, you are not required to pay for or return anything that arrives
unsolicited. On the other hand, I do not think there is a law to prevent the
sender from trying to persuade you to comply with the terms it has set, even
if said sender has no legal right or leverage to compel you to do so.